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Are you keeping something on it to hold the moisture in? The argument over what's best doesn't seem to be reaching any conclusions, but my fiancee has tattoo goo and something called "kiss my face". Both seem to work fine. Helps keep the scabbing to a minimum.

Not if you get them for the right reasons. I have one band tattoo. It's of a band I grew up listening to. Long story short, now I tour with them and over the last 10 years they becameclose friends of mine. No regrets at all.

Bands change. I really wanted an Anti-Flag tattoo at around age 18. Then their next album came out and I was glad I didn't.

Aside from musical changes, sometimes what the band stands for changes. This could be either the band members speaking out on an issue, or doing something that gets a lot of negative attention. Think of the Ben Weasel incident a few years back. The band could also be/become associated with a subculture you aren't a part of, such as Minor Threat and straight edge.

Bands that are no longer together are a pretty safe bet, but even then there is your taste to take into account. Think back 5 years. What bands were you really into? How many of them are you still into? Now think back 10. How many of them would you have wanted tattooed on you then versus today?

I was going to get the bars or the everything went black knives/scissors, but something kept me from it. I got the husker du logo because personally I love everything they did and it means more to me than just the band itself. The fact that they will never pull a ginn style reunion helps too. Yeah they sold out, but I love their Warner records too, and besides SST is a shitty label with (at one time) an amazing roster.

I understand that I am no one to you, and can only offer my thoughts; how they're interpreted or received is up to y'all, take it for whatever you will.

As a long time member/participant/whatever of the punk scene, former scratcher and (just now becoming) a legitimate tattooer...please, don't do more. There are many many like myself who have gone through many steps in the walk of life and have done the same. Some of us also pursued this trade, with an idea of knowing where we're going as well as remembering where we came from. The desire to be tattooed, the lack of desire to pay (at times) extravagant amounts of money, or being too young does make this seem like a feasible option, but is really not a good one. If you want more tattoos, or a more complete composition these must be planned around or tattooed over what is now there. Covering tattoos is common, stab n' dab leaves some nasty scar tissue that makes cover-ups more difficult. While I fully understand your want to pay homage to what has helped develop you, I'd advise (from personal experience) to be take your time when considering the ways to go about it. There are other like minded tattooers, who work on a more micromental idea of worth to their work, that (while not selling ones self short) will not ask an absurd fee for something like that, many of us having been one of those kids ourselves. That said, if you're in Chicago, I'll give you a good DK tattoo that won't cost you an arm or leg, just some of the skin on it.

Honestly? As some one who has both pro work and stick and poke this is a joke. Stick pokes are fun easy and cheap. They aren't meant to be huge things of art. There meant for fun. However there are the people who specialize in stick and pokes who make some amazing shit. I suggest people to go see an artists if they want a tattoo. But if they want a stick and poke of a pizza slice let them stick and poke it. Considering no artist in a shop would even bother doing some thing that small, well I guess they would but 80~$ for 5 minutes of tattoo is pretty rough.

All I'm saying is let people do what ever they want to there body. Be safe about it, keep it clean and dont let it get infected.

thought i was in /r/sticknpoke and couldn't for the life of me figure out why you were getting the hate... looks good dude, keep it clean while it heals. something incredibly personal and special about having a tattoo that you've done yourself.

I'm all for diy, but unless you are or did this under the guidance of a licenced tattoo artist with proper equipment this was a really dumb idea. You could very easily get an infection within your skin

Fuck yer downvotes, Its called callin' it like you see it. I got hours of scratchwork and probably 50+ hours of "real" tattoo time, and they both healed equally, and look great. Homemade tattoos rule if your not a fucking moron and fuck your shit up.

Fuck everyone here. You're not punk until the lead singer of your favorite band tattoos you in a living room with a tattoo machine made out of an electric toothbrush and a mechanical pencil using india ink.